Garment-hanger



A. TANNENBAUM.

GARMENT HANGER.

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GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14, 1921.

' Application filed January 8, 1921. Serial No. 435,805.

To allwhome'tmay concern: 1

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM TANNEN- .BAUM, a' citizen of the United .States of America, residing at Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings,.State ofNew York, U. S. A., have invented new and useful Improvementsin Garment-Hangers, of which the followlng is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers, the principal object of the invention being to provide an improved device of this character which can readily be taken apart and packed, so as to occupy very little space when not in use, and the parts of which when assembled for use will so interlock as to form a rigid, unitary.struc ture which is strong and durable and very effective in operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger formed of a pair of detachable duplicate members, each having a portion adapted to overlap and interlock with its companion member.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger formed of a pair of interlocking, detachable members and having a suspending member which serves also to retain the interlocking members against detachment when assembled in operative position.

A further object of the invention is the provision, in combination with a hanger of the character set forth, of a plurality of cross members detachably mounted in said duplicate members for supporting additional garments.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hanger constructed in accordance with the present invention and illustrating the hanger in assembled condition ready for use;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of an enlarged scale, of the interlocking end of one of the duplicate members;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary erspective view of a portion of one of said members, illustrating the formation of the recess for receiving the ends of the cross members; and,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, perspective view of the lower end of the suspending member or hook.

The same character of reference designate the same parts in the different figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates a pair of duplicate members, each having the general form of half of the usual garment hanger. Each of'these members is provided at its abutting end-Lwith a projecting portion or tongue 3 and a similarly formed 'recess 4 extending rearwardly of said tongue, but in a different plane, whereby when the members 2 are united by seating the tongue of each in the recess of the other, they are interlocked against movement away from 'each other in the direction of their length,

as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

In order to provide for suspension of the hangers and at the same time utilize the suspending means for securely locking the members 2 against movement transversely of their lengths, each of said members is provided in its abutting end with a depthwise recess 5, which is shown herein semicircular in cross-section, although it may be of any suitable cross-section to correspond with the cross-section of the wire forming the shank of the suspending hook 6, so that when the members 2 are interlocked with said shank between their abutting ends or faces, half of the thickness of the shank will be seated in each of said recesses, as shown in Fig. 1. The members 2 are each also provided with a lengthwise recess 7 in their lower edges or faces, said recess communicating with the recess 5, and the shank of the suspending hook is bent at its lower end into approximately T-shape to form a looking head 8, so disposed that when the hanger is assembled the lateral portions of said locking head will engage the recesses 7 in the separable members 2. It will thus be seen that when the hanger is assembled as is shown in Fig. 1, it forms a rigid unitary structure, the members 2 being held against separating movement in longitudinal direction by the tongues and recesses 3 and 4, and

'in a transverse direction by the locking head 8 of the suspending hook.

When it is desired to disassemble the hanger for packing, it is merely necessary to push the shank of the hook 6 inward, so as to release the head 8 from the recesses 7 whereupon the interlocking recesses and tongues 4 and 3 may'quickly be disengaged by a slight pull of the members 2 in opposite directions transversely of the hanger, in a manner which will be readily understood.

In order to provide for supporting additional garments, such as trousers, neckties, etc., I have formed in each of the members 2 a series of L-shapedrecesses9 opening at one side of the hanger, the recesses of one' of said members being in horizontal alinementwith those 'o'f the other, to receive the opposite ends of a plurality of cros v:mem

bers or bars 10, all, or any, of which may readily be removed when not required.

While I have described in detail thestructure herein illustrated, it is to be understood that I do not thereby limit my invention to the specific features of construction shown, as am aware that many mechanical changes 'and modifications may be made therein, without departing from the-spirit and scope ofltheinvention as set forthin the claimappended hereto. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A garment hanger comprising a pair of duplicate members, each of said members having projecting from one side of its end a tongue provided with an enlarged end, each of said members further having a reocess atthe end .on the side opposite the the bottom thereof whereby vto be held against accidental displacements. V I

In testimony whereof I have signed vmy name to'this specification. 7 l

, ABRAHAM TANN-ENBAUM; 

